# 窓

| 窓 | U+7A93, &#31379; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A93 |
| ← 窒 [U+7A92] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 窔 → [U+7A94] |

## Translingual
### Han character

窓 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十金戈心 (JCIP), composition ⿱㝐心 or ⿱宀忩)

#### Derived characters

* 𬄔 𮈾 𨬃 𥲡 𦹎 𫯸

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 865, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25494
* Dae Jaweon: page 1293, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2730, character 7
* Unihan data for U+7A93

#### Usage notes

This character is listed in the Kangxi dictionary (廣韻) as an unorthodox form (俗字) of 窻.

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 牎 | *sʰroːŋ |
| 窗 | *sʰroːŋ |
| 窓 | *sʰroːŋ |
| 囱 | *sʰroːŋ, *sʰloːŋ |
| 總 | *ʔsloːŋʔ |
| 熜 | *ʔsloːŋʔ |
| 傯 | *ʔsloːŋʔ |
| 緫 | *ʔsloːŋʔ |
| 揔 | *ʔsloːŋʔ |
| 偬 | *ʔsloːŋʔ, *ʔsloːŋs |
| 囪 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 璁 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 驄 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 蔥 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 匆 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 怱 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 葱 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 楤 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 聦 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 繱 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 騘 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 鍯 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 聰 | *sʰloːŋ |
| 愡 | *sʰloːŋs |
| 檧 | *sloːŋ, *sloːŋʔ |
| 憽 | *sloːŋ |
| 幒 | *sʰloŋʔ, *kjoŋ |

### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 窓 – see 窗 (“window”). (This character is a variant form of 窗).

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 窓 |
| Kyūjitai | 窻 |

### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 窻)

#### Readings

* Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
* Kun: まど (mado, 窓, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 煽(あお)り窓(まど) (aorimado)
* 明(あ)かり窓(まど) (akarimado)
* 揚(あ)げ窓(まど) (agemado)
* 曰(いわ)く窓(まど) (iwakumado)
* 裏(うら)窓(まど) (uramado)
* 円(えん)窓(そう) (ensō)
* 臆(おく)病(びょう)窓(まど) (okubyōmado)
* 織(おり)部(べ)窓(まど) (oribemado)
* 回(かい)転(てん)窓(まど) (kaitenmado)
* 隠(かく)し窓(まど) (kakushimado)
* 客(かく)窓(そう) (kakusō)
* 学(がく)窓(そう) (gakusō)
* 風(かざ)窓(まど) (kazamado)
* 飾(かざ)り窓(まど) (kazarimado)
* 火(か)灯(とう)窓(まど) (katōmado)
* ガラス窓(まど) (garasumado)
* 瓦(かわら)の窓(まど) (kawaranomado)
* 閑(かん)窓(そう) (kansō)
* 機(き)窓(そう) (kisō, “aeroplane window”)
* 北(きた)窓(まど) (kitamado)
* 北(きた)窓(まど)開(ひら)く (kitamado hiraku)
* 北(きた)窓(まど)塞(ふさ)ぐ (kitamado fusagu)
* 狐(きつね)窓(まど) (kitsunemado)
* 切(き)り窓(まど) (kirimado)
* 櫛(くし)形(がた)窓(まど) (kushigatamado)
* 蛍(けい)窓(そう) (keisō)
* 源(げん)氏(じ)窓(まど) (genjimado)
* 舷(げん)窓(そう) (gensō)
* 格(こう)子(し)窓(まど) (kōshimado)
* 獄(ごく)窓(そう) (gokusō)
* 腰(こし)窓(まど) (koshimado)
* 梧(ご)窓(そう)漫(まん)筆(ぴつ) (gosōmanpitsu)
* 小(こ)窓(まど) (komado)
* 狭(さ)窓(まど) (samado)
* 色(しき)紙(し)窓(まど) (shikishimado)
* 紙(し)窓(そう) (shisō)
* 下(した)地(じ)窓(まど), 助(した)枝(じ)窓(まど) (shitajimado)
* 地(じ)窓(まど) (jimado)
* 社(しゃ)会(かい)の窓(まど) (shakai no mado)
* 車(しゃ)窓(そう) (shasō)
* 書(しょ)院(いん)窓(まど) (shoinmado)
* 書(しょ)窓(そう) (shosō)
* 深(しん)窓(そう) (shinsō)
* 深(しん)窓(そう)に育(そだ)つ (shinsō ni sodatsu)
* 船(せん)窓(そう) (sensō)
* 前(ぜん)庭(てい)窓(そう) (zenteisō)
* 窓(そう)下(か) (sōka)
* 窓(そう)外(がい) (sōgai)
* 窓(そう)紗(さ) (sōsa)
* 窓(そう)前(ぜん) (sōzen)
* 窓(そう)牖(ゆう) (sōyū, “window”)
* 高(たか)窓(まど) (takamado)
* 竹(ちく)窓(そう) (chikusō)
* 中(ちゅう)窓(まど) (chūmado)
* 陳(ちん)列(れつ)窓(まど) (chinretsumado)
* 突(つ)き上(あ)げ窓(まど) (tsukiagemado)
* 鉄(てっ)窓(そう) (tessō)
* 手(て)窓(まど) (temado)
* 出(で)窓(まど) (demado)
* 天(てん)窓(そう) (tensō)
* 天(てん)窓(まど) (tenmado)
* 同(どう)窓(そう) (dōsō)
* 同(どう)窓(そう)会(かい) (dōsōkai)
* 南(なん)窓(そう) (nansō)
* 二(に)重(じゅう)窓(まど) (nijūmado)
* 覗(のぞ)き窓(まど) (nozokimado)
* 掃(は)き出(だ)し窓(まど) (hakidashimado)
* 破(は)窓(そう) (hasō)
* 張(は)り出(だ)し窓(まど) (haridashimado)
* 玻(は)璃(り)窓(まど) (harimado)
* 引(ひ)き窓(まど) (hikimado)
* 肘(ひ)掛(じか)け窓(まど) (hijikakemado)
* 聖(ひじり)窓(まど) (hijirimado)
* 病(びょう)窓(そう) (byōsō)
* 開(ひら)き窓(まど) (hirakimado)
* 夫(ふう)婦(ふ)窓(まど) (fūfumado)
* 武(ぶ)家(け)窓(まど) (bukemado)
* 船(ふな)窓(まど) (funamado)
* フランス窓(まど) (furansumado)
* 蓬(ほう)窓(そう) (hōsō)
* 蛍(ほたる)の光(ひかり)窓(まど)の雪(ゆき) (hotaru no hikari mado no yuki)
* 窓(まど)明(あ)かり (madoakari)
* 窓(まど)貝(がい) (madogai)
* 窓(まど)掛(か)け (madokake)
* 窓(まど)ガラス (madogarasu)
* 窓(まど)木(ぎ) (madogi)
* 窓(まど)際(ぎわ) (madogiwa)
* 窓(まど)際(ぎわ)族(ぞく) (madogiwazoku)
* 窓(まど)口(ぐち) (madoguchi)
* 窓(まど)口(ぐち)問(とん)屋(や)制(せい) (madoguchi-ton'yasei)
* 窓(まど)障(しょう)子(じ) (madoshōji)
* 窓(まど)銭(せん) (madosen)
* 窓(まど)台(だい) (madodai)
* 窓(まど)の中(うち) (mado no uchi)
* 窓(まど)の蛍(ほたる) (mado no hotaru)
* 窓(まど)の雪(ゆき) (mado no yuki)
* 窓(まど)販(はん) (madohan)
* 窓(まど)蓋(ふた) (madofuta)
* 窓(まど)辺(べ) (madobe)
* 窓(まど)枠(わく) (madowaku)
* 学(まな)びの窓(まど) (manabi no mado)
* 丸(まる)窓(まど), 円(まる)窓(まど) (marumado)
* 緑(みどり)の窓(まど)口(ぐち) (midori no madoguchi)
* 虫(むし)籠(こ)窓(まど) (mushikomado)
* 武(む)者(しゃ)窓(まど) (mushamado)
* 無(む)窓(そう) (musō)
* 無(む)双(そう)窓(まど) (musōmado)
* 明(めい)窓(そう) (meisō)
* 明(めい)窓(そう)浄(じょう)机(き) (meisōjōki)
* 盲(めくら)窓(まど) (mekuramado)
* 目(め)は心(こころ)の窓(まど) (me wa kokoro no mado, “the eyes are the window to the soul”)
* 物(もの)見(み)窓(まど) (monomimado)
* 夜(や)窓(そう) (yasō)
* 大和(やまと)窓(まど) (yamatomado)
* 横(よこ)窓(まど) (yokomado)
* 与(よ)力(りき)窓(まど) (yorikimado)
* 鎧(よろい)窓(まど) (yoroimado)
* 卵(らん)円(えん)窓(そう) (ran'ensō)
* 連(れん)子(じ)窓(まど) (renjimado)
* 連(れん)双(そう)窓(まど) (rensōmado)
* 六(ろく)窓(そう) (rokusō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 窓
* まど Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 窻 (kyūjitai) 窗 牕 牖
From Old Japanese. Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”, ancient combining form of modern 目 (me)) +‎ 門 (to, “gate, opening”), in reference to an opening for looking through.
Alternatively, may be a compound of 間 (ma, “gap”) +‎ 門 (to, “gate, opening”).
First cited in some references to a text from 794, and also found in the Man'yōshū of 759.
The Microsoft Windows sense is a semantic loan from English Windows.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) まど [máꜜdò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ma̠do̞]

### Noun

窓(まど) • (mado)
* [from 759] window
    Synonym: (rare) 窓牖 (sōyū)
* [from 1931] (regional, dialect, Etchū region) a deep gap in a mountain ridge (so called for the way the wind blows through, like a window)
    Synonym: (Shinshū region) きれっと (kiretto)
* [date uncertain] マド: (investing) on a candlestick chart, a gap in day-to-day candlesticking caused by a marked increase or decrease in the price of a security, derivative, currency, or other investment
    Synonym: 空 (sora)

#### Descendants

* → Yami: mado

### Proper noun

窓(まど) • (Mado)
* (Internet slang, dated) Windows (an operating system)

#### See also

* 林(りん)檎(ご) (Ringo, “Apple, Macintosh”)
* 毒(どく)林(りん)檎(ご) (Doku ringo, “Apple, Macintosh”)

### References

* 1 2 3 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
* ↑ “窓”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ “窓・窗・牖”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2679:, available online here
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

窓 (eumhun 창문 창 (changmun chang))
* hanja form of 창 (“window”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

窓: Hán Nôm readings: song
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